Where do I place the bbpress folder after I download.

I thought it would go into the plugins folder within my current wordpress install. Nothing is showing up inside wrodpress admin. Please help.

Do I have to go to a unique URL to active something. http://www.example/com/blog/wp-content/plugins/”example”

I do not see a clear step by step list of instructions on how to do this. Anyone?

I have never used bbpress before and would appreciate any feedback.

Thanks

[@ricardouk Participant 15 years ago]

you have to upload the bbpress folder to the server root where the wp-config.php file is along with all 3 wordpress directories, upload it there and then visit

http://www.mydomain.com/bbpress

[@zaerl Participant 15 years ago]

bbPress is not a WordPress plugin but it’s a standalone software.

I do not see a clear step by step list of instructions on how to do this. Anyone?

https://bbpress.org/documentation/installation/ on this site.

[@ricardouk Participant 15 years ago]

https://bbpress.org/documentation/installation/

2- Upload the uncompressed files to your server

to vague for a newbie, when i first used a ftp program years ago to install wordpress i thougt “so many directories…where on heart i’m supposed to put wordpress?”

it takes times to learn…

[@jtdesigns02 Member 15 years ago]

Thanks. I thought it was a wordpress plugin. Does it have its own admin or can you run it through wordpress?

[@ricardouk Participant 15 years ago]

to get to admin just click on Admin (top) or add bb-admin/ to your forum url.

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/bb-admin/

replace mydomain.com

by your forum url

[@jtdesigns02 Member 15 years ago]

i got it. The problem was that I was trying to istall through the wordpress plugin folder, then activate in the admin. DUH

Now that I know it is a stand alone, the vague instructions make more sense.

Thanks for your help.